Try not think of it as being an argument about what Android is, or what Google has done, so much as an argument about what a reasonable definition of "Open" ent

Try not think of it as being an argument about what Android is, or what Google has done, so much as an argument about what a reasonable definition of "Open" entails. All along Google has behaved in a way inconsistent with their "Open" marketing. And people have criticized them, not for what they were doing, but for trying to contort the definition of "Open" to still fit what they were doing. Now that the project doesn't even meet the most-basic definition[1], there is simply no more wiggle room and those who would prefer "Open" still mean something at the end of the day are again pointing out the Emperor is naked [2]. [1] As codified in Rubin's famous tweet. [2] Not because it's wrong to be naked, but because he insisted he was wearing clothes that he quite clearly is not.